Consider the following points listed from “Article 29,” Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Sixth Committee by the United Nations General Assembly in 1994.

Declaration of Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism…

The General Assembly

Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,

Recalling the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the Declaration on the Strengthening of international Security, 54/ the Definition of Aggression, the Declaration on the Enhancement of the Effectiveness of the Principle of Refraining from the Threat or Use of Force in International Relations, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 59/

Deeply disturbed by the world-wide persistence of acts of international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including those in which States are directly or indirectly involved, which endanger or take innocent Lives, have a deleterious effect on international relations and may jeopardize the security of States,

Deeply concerned by the increase, in many regions of the world, of acts of terrorism based on intolerance or extremism,

Concerned at the growing and dangerous Links between terrorist groups, drug traffickers and their paramilitary gangs, which have resorted to all types of violence, thus endangering the constitutional order of States and violating basic human rights,

Convinced of the desirability for closer coordination and cooperation among States in combating crimes closely connected with terrorism, including drug trafficking, unlawful arms trade, money laundering and smuggling of nuclear and other potentially deadly materials, and bearing in mind the role that could be played by both the United Nations and regional organizations in this respect, Firmly determined to eliminate international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, Convinced that the suppression of acts of international terrorism, including those in which States are directly or indirectly involved, is an essential element for the maintenance of international peace and security,…

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The text continues in the same vein. Then, in section I, it proceeds to list and condemn every conceivable act of terrorism, and make recommendations to member states.

Since September 11, 2001, the United States of North America, under the current presidential administration, and inspired by neoconservative political theory has attempted to carry alone the responsibility for elimination of the Jijadist brand of international terrorism. The failure of that single state approach (though thinly disguised with a tissue paper construction of coalition states) has been adequately demonstrated during the past four years. Of course, that approach involved the invasion of a foreign state in which the United Nations, and later a board within the United States itself found no evidence of weapons of mass destruction, and no connection between that state and jijadist activity. Instead, the invasion of that state has created a situation in which Jijadists take direct responsibility for the creation of a civil war in that state.

I realize that the proposal of a United Nations that possesses the power to maintain an international antiterrorist force of its own is a radical suggestion, one that possibly transgresses the nationalistic norm of world order today. It is however, one that I feel is necessary under the circumstance in which we find ourselves. It was not the United States of America Trade Center that was destroyed on September 11, 2001. Instead, it was the World Trade Center that was destroyed. Lest we should forget, citizens from nations all over the world lost their lives in that terrorist attack. I shall list a few nations’ losses here; 1) Japan 26, 2) Germany 11, 3) Australia10, 4) Canada 25, 5) Columbia 17, 6) Jamaica 16, 7) South Korea 28, 8) United Kingdom 67, 9) Honduras 1, 10) India 1, and I could list so many more. *2 Additionally, a point might be made that the attack was on the Western democracies rather than the United States of North America alone. The attack was, none the less international. I also list a very few of the attacks against other nations in the year 2002, in Bangladesh, a movie theater, 10 civilians killed, Palhalgam, Kashmir, India, 10 civilians killed, Lashkar el toba, India, 27 civilians killed, Dagestan, Russia, 42 killed, Restaurant in Haifa, Israel 35 killed. If I continued, I could create a huge catalogue with thousands of attacks and thousands upon thousands of innocent civilian deaths. *3 It is time we fought this hideous disease from an international position as opposed to a limited and limiting nationalistic unilateral preemptive approach. A United Nations with a permanent peace keeping force and empowered to use that force by its member states would have the teeth necessary to do away with International Terrorism. In addition, a United Nations that had (ACTUAL) basic guidelines for invoking an “International State of Emergency,” guidelines that required the submission of troops from member nations according to their ability to provide these, would provide an international peace keeping force that could be used to fight international terrorists without burdening any one nation or group of nations with the difficult task.

*1 United Nations General Assembly Declaration 1994, http://meaindia.nic.in/warterror/background/unga-94.htm, viewed Saturday, August 12, 2006, 9:06 AM EDT.

*2 “Non-American Casualties of the September 11, 2001 Attacks,” Wickipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-American_casualties_of_the_September_11%2C_2001_attacks, Last modified August 18, 2006. Viewed Saturday, August 19, 2006, 9:42 AM EDT.

*3 The Institute for Counter Terrorism, http://www.ict.org.il/, Viewed Saturday, Autust 19, 2006, 10:01 AM EDT.